[Bulls9999]

OK, OK, so you don't mind that someone else can be trying to find your ball to force you to abandon the provisional sitting in the fairway and require you to hit another one from the tee box (if they find the original, even if it's against the players wishes)....fine.

I guess the flip side of the Phil Mickelson example is.....if your original ball went into the jungle brush and you hit a provisional that follows likewise, then it behooves you to find your original ball to discount the 2nd bad shot? .... you then get a 'free try' for a 2nd provisional since the first one that went into the brush didn't count because you found your original? Does this work out the way I just layed out?